One way age is represented in the media is through the film 13 Going on 30. The actress in this film, Jennifer Garner, is a 13-year-old girl who for her birthday wishes she was older. She then wakes up as a 30-year-old woman where everything around her has changed - she has a job, a boyfriend and all the people she knew had grown up alongside her as she's teleported into "adult" world.
I think this represents age in the sense that younger people are aspiring to grow up too quickly in today's society, and they're wishing to be older whilst failing to appreciate the present. I believe the producer of the show to be portraying to the audience how they should value their younger years and stop wishing themselves older.
Good post.
ReplyDelete"I think this represents age in the sense that younger people are aspiring to grow up too quickly in today's society, and they're wishing to be older whilst failing to appreciate the present. I believe the producer of the show to be portraying to the audience how they should value their younger years and stop wishing themselves older."
Totally agree with this part!